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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE<br/>
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CHAPTER 29
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All Israel makes a liberal offering for the temple—David blesses and praises the Lord, and instructs the people—Death of David—Solomon reigns as king—Books of Nathan and Gad mentioned.
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Furthermore</span> David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, <i>is yet</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 17: 33 (32-51); 1 Kgs. 3: 7; 1 Chr. 22: 5; 1 Ne. 7: 8 (8-18); D&C 1: 19 (19, 23); JS-H 1: 22 (21-25).">young</a> and tender, and the work <i>is</i> great: for the palace <i>is</i> not for man, but for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God.
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Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for <i>things to be made</i> of gold, and the silver for <i>things</i> of silver, and the brass for <i>things</i> of brass, the iron for <i>things</i> of iron, and wood for <i>things</i> of wood; onyx stones, and <i>stones</i> to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, <i>which</i> I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
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<i>Even</i> three thousand <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 22: 14.">talents</a> of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses <i>withal:</i>
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The gold for <i>things</i> of gold, and the silver for <i>things</i> of silver, and for all manner of work <i>to be made</i> by the hands of artificers.  And who <i>then</i> is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?
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&#182; Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,
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And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron.
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And they with whom <i>precious</i> stones were found gave <i>them</i> to the treasure of the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 97: 12 (10-17).">house</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.
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Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Moro. 7: 8; D&C 64: 34.">willingly</a>, because with perfect heart they offered <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Initiative.">willingly</a> to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
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&#182; Wherefore David blessed the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed <i>be</i> thou, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel our <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 6; Isa. 63: 16; Isa. 64: 8.">father</a>, for ever and ever.
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Thine, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <i>is</i> the greatness, and the power, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 6: 13 (9-13); D&C 65: 6.">glory</a>, and the victory, and the majesty: for all <i>that is</i> in the heaven and in the earth <i>is thine;</i> thine <i>is</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/11b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 22: 28; D&C 6: 13.">kingdom</a>, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and thou art exalted as head above all.
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Both <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Treasure.">riches</a> and honour <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Mosiah 2: 25; Mosiah 4: 22."><i>come</i></a> of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand <i>is</i> power and might; and in thine hand <i>it is</i> to make great, and to give strength unto all.
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Now therefore, our God, we <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thank</a> thee, and praise thy glorious name.
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But who <i>am</i> I, and what <i>is</i> my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort?  for all things <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 24: 1; Mal. 3: 8 (8-12)."><i>come</i></a> of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
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For we <i>are</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Strangers.">strangers</a> before thee, and sojourners, as <i>were</i> all our fathers: our days on the earth <i>are</i> as a <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 102: 11; Ps. 144: 4; Jacob 7: 26.">shadow</a>, and <i>there is</i> none abiding.
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O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name <i>cometh</i> of thine hand, and <i>is</i> all thine own.
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I know also, my God, that thou <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Test, Try, Prove.">triest</a> the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness.  As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
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O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee:
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And give unto Solomon my son a perfect <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 5: 29.">heart</a>, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all <i>these things,</i> and to build the palace, <i>for</i> the which I have made provision.
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&#182; And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> your God.  And all the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Assembly for Worship.">congregation</a> blessed the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and the king.
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And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and offered burnt offerings unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, on the morrow after that day, <i>even</i> a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, <i>and</i> a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
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And did eat and drink before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> on that day with great gladness.  And they made <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 23: 1.">Solomon</a> the son of David king the second time, and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 1: 34 (33-39).">anointed</a> <i>him</i> unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>to be</i> the chief governor, and Zadok <i>to be</i> <sup>c</sup><a href="1_chr/29/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Sam. 2: 35; 1 Kgs. 2: 35.">priest</a>.
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Then <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 12.">Solomon</a> sat on the throne of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him.
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And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 3: 7.">magnified</a> Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him <i>such </i>royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.
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&#182; Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
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And the time that he <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 5: 4 (4-5).">reigned</a> over Israel <i>was</i> forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three <i>years</i> reigned he in Jerusalem.
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And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honour: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead.
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Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they <i>are</i> written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of <sup>a</sup><a href="1_chr/29/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Lost.">Nathan</a> the prophet, and in the book of Gad the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_chr/29/29b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Seer.">seer</a>,
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With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
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